Singapore's DBS Bank adds over a million customers in India

MUMBAI: When many foreign banks are shrinking their operations, Singapore's DBS Bank, has added more than a million customers through its digital banking foray even as it awaits a RBI approval to open a wholly owned subsidiary in India. The so-called digi ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore can be an Asian infrastructure finance hub

Credit is the financial oil that enables economies and commercial enterprises to operate smoothly. With the onslaught of new infrastructure projects coming on line across Asia the development of local capital markets has become of vital importance. ( read original story ...)

Singapore Market May Reverse Tuesday's Losses

(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has moved lower in two of three trading days since the end of the four-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost 45 points or 1.3 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,225-point ... ( read original story ...)

Key to our future lies in technology

Singapore may be small but with new technology, it can shape a future that transcends its physical size and enlarges its identity, former head of the civil service, Mr Peter Ho, said yesterday. Citing three countries that have reinvented themselves in the ... ( read original story ...)

Mobile payments going viral in Southeast Asia

In Singapore and Thailand, those payment options are available in hotels, as well as convenience and department stores. Mike Ghasemi, research director at U.S. market intelligence firm IDC, says mobile payments represent a chance to capture a large ... ( read original story ...)

Mobile app that could spell end of parking coupons being tested

SINGAPORE — Motorists may soon say goodbye to the hassle of tearing parking coupons, with a new mobile application for the payment of parking fees in the works. The app, developed by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), the Housing and Development ... ( read original story ...)

More Singapore consumers choose e-payments over cash

This would enable mobile phone numbers of business unique entity numbers to be linked to bank accounts, allowing allow funds to be transferred without the need to divulge bank account details. According to the Visa survey, 68 percent of Singapore consumers ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore Stock Market’s Top 10 Dividend Blue Chips

The Singapore stock market is home to some of the highest dividends payers in Asia. I thought it’d be an interesting exercise for us to take a look at which are some of the top-paying dividend blue chips on our sunny island. Below are the top 10 stocks ... ( read original story ...)